Feasibility study of Jajarkot-Jumla tunnel route completed

SURKHET, JUNE 28: A feasibility study for the construction of a tunnel route connecting Kushe Rural Municipality in Jajarkot to Jumla district has been completed. The route lies along the Lumbini-Rara road section.

Initiated some three years ago, the Department of Roads signed a deal with ITECO-TMS-RAYS JV last year to carry out the feasibility study. The company submitted its report to the Department after completing the study in more than a year's time.

Chief of the JV, Rajiv Jha, said that the pre-feasibility study report has been submitted to the Department. The project, once completed, will be 10 km long and will connect Sangta of Kushe Rural Municipality-8 in Jajarkot and Imilchaghari of Tatopani Rural Municipality-8 in Jumla.

The project is estimated to cost Rs 35 billion and will significantly reduce the travel distance to Rara Lake through Dang, Salyan, Jajarkot, and Jumla.

The pre-feasibility study team concluded that constructing a tunnel there would be appropriate. According to the pre-feasibility report, the Department of Roads shall advance the detailed project report to further the work.

Politician and former minister from Jumla, Naresh Bhandari, said that the tunnel project would open multiple doors to development in Karnali if completed.

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